Drawer for stocking-driers.



I. MOSSOP.

DRAWER POR STOGKING DRIERS.

APPLICATION FILED MR. 2a, 1911.

Lm 3,042. Patented Dec. 26, 1911.

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TINTTED STATES PATENT O'FFTCE.

ISAAC MOSSOP, OF WICONISCO, PENNSYLVANIA.

DRAWER FOR STOCKINGr-DRIERS.

Application filed April 28, 1911.

To all whom it may concern Be it known that I, ISAAC Mossor, a citizen of the United States, and a resident of Wiconisco, Dauphin county, Pennsylvania, have invented certain Improvements in Drawers for Stocking-Driers, of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to drawers or other supporting means employed in stocking driers for the reception of boarded hosiery, half hose and the like; the object of my invention being to provide means for slightly shifting the position of the boards when the drawer or other element is pulled out to enable the operator to place the boarded goods within or remove them from the same, and to provide means carried by the drawer or other supporting element designed to avoid wrinkling the top of the hose, half hose and the like.

My invention has been shown as applied to a drawer carrying half hose, and in the accompanying drawings: Figure 1, is a perspective view showing a drawer carrying boarded half hose pulled out of the drier casing; Fig. 2, is a sectional elevation showing the drawer in the fully closed position, and Fig. 3, is a similar sectional view showing the drawer in the fully open position.

The drawers or other supporting elements of stocking driers may comprise a substantially rectangular frame made up of the sides 1 and ends 2, and they are generally provided at the forward end with a ledge coperating with a suitable carrier adjustably disposed with reference to the drawer, such structures, for instance, being illustrated in the Patent No. 502,237, dated But in these prior structures the ledges have been stationary, so that the boarded goods occupy the same position with respect to them whether the drawer is in or out; such position being substantially that indicated in Fig. 1 of the drawings herewith. This view shows the drawer closed, and it will be noted that the boarded stockings; that is to say, the top portions of the same are disposed between and lie below the top of the pins carried by said ledges. The operator when inserting and removing the goods in an arrangement of this construction, must place her hands below the points of the pins; pinching the Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Dec. 26, 1911.

Serial No. 623,863.

goods when removing the same, and when inserting them always running the risk of catching the tops of the stockings or half hose against the pins and pulling to one side portions of the same. Such accidents may happen very easily and considerable care must be taken in placing the boarded goods in the drier, since they are in a wet condition, and are very liable to stretch unless carefully handled.

The object of my invention is to provide the drawer with a ledge and spacing pins carried thereby movable with respect to said drawer, so that when the drawer is fully pulled out the hoisery or half hose may be more easily placed between said pins without danger of the latter accidentally engaging or displacing the tops of the same; the space between such pins being such that any wrinkling of the tops may be smoothed down on both sides by the pins when the drawer is pushed in, and on the other hand enabling the operator to grasp the boarded goods when they are dry without pinching the fabric away from the boards, since the top ends of such boarded goods will be slightly elevated and brought in position to be readily handled by the operator.

In my improved construction the drawer carries a ledge indicated at 3, adapted to slide in ways 4, and upon this ledge a series of'pins 5 are mounted. The boarded goods are supported by'said ledge and by the cross bars 6 and 7 of the usual adjustable carrier (forming no part of my invention); such goods occupying the position shown in Fig. 2, when the drawer is closed, and the position shown in Figs. 1 and 3, when the drawer is open. Below the ledge 3short arms 8 depend, to whichrods 9 extending longitudinally of the drawer are connected; said bars having a projection 10 in their length and being suitably guided at the rear end of the drawer for instance through an eye 11 of a bracket guide 12 carried by the drawer. This bracket has an under proj ection in engagement with a ledge 13 upon which the drawer slides, said projection underlying said edge andy proventing the drawer tilting when it is drawn out to the positions illustrated in Figs. 1 and 3.

As will be noted upon reference to Fig. 2, the drawer may be removed when in the closed position by lifting the same Ivertically until the bracket clears the ledge; the ledge stopping short of the position of the bracket when the drawer is closed. The spaces occupied by the drawer are closed by doors 14.

When the drawer is pulled out to the position shown in Figs. 1 and 3, the projections 10 of the rods 9 engage a cross bar 15 adjacent the front of the drawer opening, and upon the drawer continuing its movement, the ledge will be stopped by the rods 9 to which it is connected; said rods having their projections in engagement with the cross bar'l. This will change the position of the pins with respect to the boarded goods, raising the top ends of the same, and they may then be removed without damage by the operator, and when removed, the pins will be in position to receive another set of boards with hose or half hose stretched upon the same. When the drawer has been filled with a new set of boarded hosiery, it will be pushed in, as indicated in Fig. 2, and then the rods 9 will contact with the rear of the drier casing, which may have a suitable wear piece 16, and upon the continued movement of the drawer said rods will be stopped; halting the ledge until the drawer is fully pushed in, when the boards will be in the position indicated in Fig. 2. While this is being done, the goods will have their tops smoothed by engagement with the pins, thereby removing any wrinklesl which may have been accidentally put in the goods by the action of the operator placing the same in the drawer and'between the pins.k

I claim:

1. In a stocking drier, a movable drawer, a carrier for boarded goods comprising a plurality of elements, one of which is movable with respect to the drawer, and means for effecting movement of said movable element when the drawer is pulled out Aor pushed into the drier.

2. In a stocking drier, a movable drawer, a relatively fixed carrier for boarded goods mounted in said drawer, an inde-pendent support for oneV end of said boarded goods, and means for moving said support with respect to the drawer when the latter is pulled out or pushed into the drier.

3. In a stocking drier, a removable drawer, a carrier for boarded goods, means for spacing said goods laterally, and means for moving said spacing means with respect to the drawer when the latter is pulled out or pushed into the drier.

4. In a stocking drier, the combination of' a drawer having a plurality of stocking supporting elements, one ofA said elements comprising a ledge movable with respect to the drawer when the latter is pulled out or pushed into the drier, and means for moving said ledge.

5. In a stocking drier, the combination of a movable drawer having relatively fixed supports for boarded goods, an independently movable ledge engaged by one end of said boarded goods, said ledge being moved with respect to the relatively fixed supports when the drawer is pulled out or pushed into the drier, and means for moving said ledge.

6. In a stocking drier, the combination of a drawer having stocking supporters, a movable ledge also engaging the boarded stockings, and means for moving said ledge with respect to the drawer when the latter is pulled out or pushed into the drier.

7. In a stocking drier, the combination of a drawer movable in and out of the same and having a carrier for boarded stockings, a slidable ledge coacting with said carrier and receiving the ends of the boarded goods, spacing means carried by said movable ledge for the boarded goods, and means for moving said ledge with respect to the drawer.

8. In a stocking drier, the combination of a drawer movable in and out of the same and having a carrier for boarded stockings, a series of pins carried by said drawer and providing spacing means for the boarded goods, and means for moving said pins with respect to the drawer, the boarded goods being held during the movement of said pins whereby the tops of the same may be smoothed.

9. In a stocking drier, the combination of a movable drawer having a support for boarded stockings, a movable ledge slidably mounted in the drawer and in engagement with the boarded goods, rods carried by the drawer and connected to said movable ledge, and means for stopping the movement of said rods with respect to the drawer when the drawer is pulled out whereby said ledge may be moved with respect to the drawer.

10. In a stocking drier, the combination of a movable drawer having a support for boarded stockings, a movable ledge slidably mounted in the drawer and in engagement with the boarded goods, pins forming spacing means carried by said ledge, rods carried by the drawer and connected to said movable ledge, and means for stopping the movement of said rods with respect to the drawer when the drawer is pulled out whereby the ledge and pins may be moved with respect to the drawer to raise the top ends of the boarded goods.

l1. In a stocking drier, a removable drawer, a plurality of supporting elements for boarded goods carried by said drawer, one of said elements being movable with respect to the drawer when the latter is pushed into or drawn out of the drier, and means for eiiecting movement of said movable element.

12. In a stocking drier, a removable drawer, a plurality of supporting elements for boarded goods `carried by said drawer, name to this specification, in the presence of one of said elements being movable with retwo subscribing witnesses. spect to the drawer when the latter is ISAAC MOSSOP 'pushed into or drawn out of the drier, and

means carried by the drawer for effecting Witnesses: movement of said element. LEWIS K. DmFENDERFER,

In testimony whereof, I have signed my GEORGE HIGGINS.

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